Hermes -- trickster and culture hero, divine child and patron of steady action, master of magic words, seducer and whisper -- is a vital and complex figure in Greek mythology. Who is this tricky shapechanger?
A classic, prescient work dealing with myth and cult which traces the evolution of Hermes from sacred stoneheap and phallus to Homeric Hymn to Hermes and the Hesiodic poems.
- ISBN10 0940262266
- ISBN13 9780940262263
- Publish Date 1 January 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 April 2005
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lindisfarne Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 164
- Language English